Thursday, April 29, 2010

Doctor Who Magazine #421 has some information that reveals a bit more about the stories for upcoming Doctor Who series 5 episodes 6, 7, 8 and 9. Episodes 8 and 9 are a two-parter titled The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood.

Heroes, one of my favourite shows on TV, may finally get the renewal that I have been hoping for. After some stories broke out recently that it would probably come back for a 13 episodes run that would close the series, Michael Ausiello now says that there is a 60% chance it will get picked up! [Ask Ausiello]

I have been crossing my toes and fingers so hard that I may be loosing them, but it appears it may pay off. Still keeping them crossed until the announcement is made.

This is the press release issued by the BBC Press Office for the Doctor Who series 5 episode 7 titled Amy's Choice:

It's been five years since Amy Pond last travelled with the Doctor, and when he lands in her garden again, on the eve of the birth of her first child, she finds herself facing a heartbreaking choice – one that will change her life for ever.Amy Pond is played by Karen Gillan and the Doctor by Matt Smith. [BBC Press Office]

As I promised earlier in the week, I have an exclusive interview for you with the actor who plays the role of the ''Nazi Colonel'' in the short WWII Sci-Fi movie 1945a, the lovely and talented Thomas Mikusz. Since Thomas is definitely an up and coming actor in Hollywood I wanted to seize the chance to let you know about him.

Mikusz hails from Austria and has appeared in quite a few tv series such as Days of our Lives, Passions and The Unit so you may have already noticed the handsome actor on your TV screen before. It's my belief that we could very well see Thomas Mikusz on the big screen soon so look out for him!

HBO is definitely doing great with their marketing of the upcoming season 3 of True Blood. Just look at that promotional cast photo! What's not to love?!? It's sexy and gorgeous, it's telling me to do bad things and Eric is hot.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Let's be truthful here. There's nothing like waking up in the morning to the sight of gorgeous high def pictures from an upcoming episode of Doctor Who.

The pictures below are all from the upcoming episode titled Flesh and Stone. Last time we left our intrepid adventurers, they were definitely in a tight spot with the Weeping Angels in the Maze of the Dead. How will this all end? Let's tune in and find out this saturday.

Sometimes, you really find little jewels on the internet. I saw this short film recently and I wanted to share it with you. It's a WWII Sci-Fi movie titled 1945a and I thought it was absolutely fantastic! It really looks like a high quality feature film, with great acting and effects.

I will also have an interview for you with the gorgeous and talented Thomas Mikusz, who plays the Nazi Colonel in this film, which will be coming up later this week!

How absolutely wonderful was The Time of Angels? This is what I call a fantastic Doctor Who episode. So I'm really excited about the upcoming Flesh and Stone which will conclude this two-parter by Steven Moffat.

Plus, it's that time of the week for the ten teasers for Flesh and Stone.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Adam Rutherford, from The Guardian UK, has written a story about St George, the patron saint of England, in which he questions whether or not the saint truly ever existed, and where he also discusses his love of Country. It's an interesting and entertaining article but the main point is that Rutherford has decided to offer an alternative as England's patron saint, a little fictionnal character known only as the Doctor:

Ridley Scott is definitely one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. The Robin Hood director has many movies under his belt, amongst them are the sci-fi classics Blade Runner and Alien. The first one. The scary horror thriller one.

Although I've always preferred Aliens to Alien, I can remember Alien being the first movie that truly scared me to death as a child. I mean, the tension, the suspense, the mostly unseen Alien hiding in the Nostromo, picking each crew member one by one, making minced meat of each and everyone of them.

This new Promo Teaser poster for the upcoming Season 3 of True Blood premiering on HBO June 13 is so funny, I had to put it up on the blog. Click on it for a larger version and notice the information on Vampire Bill.

This is one of the most hilarious things I've seen in a while. HBO is truly doing a great job in promoting True Blood. Good work guys! - and yes, waiting sucks.

In a recent interview given to the Toronto Sun, Leonard Nimoy once again confirmed that he is indeed retiring from acting, and that we shouldn't expect to see him in the Star Trek sequel (due out in 2012)or anywhere else for that matter.

Actor Zachary Quinto was in New York last night for WET Production's "Stars Give Love" benefit performance of short plays which took place at the Lower East Side's Angel Orensanz Foundation.

Quinto is most famous for playing bad-boy-turned-good-guy Sylar on NBC's Heroes, and was catapulted to movie stardom by playing the newest incarnation of one of Star Trek's most iconic characters: Vulcan science officer Spock, in JJ Abram's 2009 Star Trek movie, which successfully revived the franchise.

Some brand new promo pictures for The Time of Angels are now online. Written by Steven moffat The Time of Angels features the return of everyone's favourite new Doctor Who monsters, the Weeping Angels, and of Professor River Song.

Monday, April 19, 2010

In an article published today on Airlock Alpha, John Barrowman has apparently said that nothing official has been revealed to him concerning the status of Torchwood as of yet. From his comments, however, it even seems unofficial that the series is USA bound.

This is a very funny scene from the upcoming Doctor Who episode The Time of Angels which shows the Doctor, Amy and River Song inside the Tardis. It basically explains why the Tardis makes that ''wheezy'' sound when it materializes.

New Zealand actor Karl Urban, who played Dr. Leonard ''Bones'' McKoy in 2009's Star Trek, gave an interview to ComingSoon.net in which he discusses his role as a villain in his upcoming movie Priest ( it also stars Paul Bettany in the titular role and Maggie Q as a priestess). But he also had a few things to say about Star Trek as well.

Digital Spy has once again posted ten teasers for the upcoming Doctor Who episode The Time of Angels. The episode is written by showrunner Steven Moffat and is the first part in a two-parter that will conclude the following week with Flesh and Stone.

Victory of the Daleks is written by Mark Gatiss who also previously wrote the fantastic ''The Unquiet Dead'' and the less so ''The Idiot's Lantern.'' This episode unfortunately suffers a bit compared to the previous two ones but is still none-the-less an interesting romp. As a stand-alone Dalek themed episode, it will undoubtedly be compared to ''Dalek'', the series great 1 episode written by Robert Shearman.

Friday, April 16, 2010

James Marsters is better known for his role as the sexy bleached-haired vampire Spike from a little TV show called Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Yes, there were shows about Vampires before Twilight ever existed you know. But I digress.

He also had a recurring role in Torchwood's second series as Captain John Hart (he even got to exchange saliva with Captain Jack Harkness on the show). He was also on Smallville as Professor Milton Fine a.k.a Brainiac and we saw him just recently as Barnabas Greeley on Caprica.

Firefox News is reporting that filming has recently wrapped for what is called Torchwood: Season 4. Belief is that filming was for the pilot and not the complete series yet.

We know that Russell T. Davies is working on was has been dubbed Torchwood USA and that it has been picked up by FOX. Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner - both BBC veterans - are executive producing it. So far, so good.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

David Tennant's reign as the Doctor may be over, but the Scottish actor is still receiving nominations for his tremendous work on Doctor Who!

The Constellation Awards (more information in this post) have rewarded David Tennant with a nomination for Best Male Performance in a 2009 Science Fiction Television Episode for his role as the Doctor in ''The Waters of Mars.''

Digital Spy has ten teasers for the upcoming Doctor Who episode ''Victory of the Daleks.'' Written by Mark Gatiss and featuring the character of Winston Churchill, this episode also marks the return of one of the Doctor's most enduring ennemies: the Daleks.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Seems like the search for Captain America's love, Peggy Carter, has ended. Little known (on this side of the pond at least) British actress Hayley Atwell has apparently won the coveted role. The news has been reported by The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision.

The character Atwell will play is named Peggy Carter, who in comics lore not only dated Captain America but was an agent helping the French Resistance. She later became the aunt of Sharon Carter, Captain America’s love in modern times.

In a video where Matt Smith was answering a fan's question about whether he would like to see a new Doctor Who episode set in the US (he would, by the way, and would like it to be set in New York or San Francisco), the young actor finished by saying ''see you at Comic-Con.''

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Yesterday, Steven Moffat, Matt Smith and Karen Gillan were on hand in New York City's Paley Center to answer questions from journalists and to premiere the first episode of Doctor Who Series 5 titled ''The Eleventh Hour ''which airs this saturday, April 17, in North America.

Io9 was there to get interviews and in the process they got a few interesting tidbits from the Doctor Who gang. Amongst them:

I love Pitch Black. It was an original and fun 2000 Sci-Fi movie that thrilled the viewers. It had a great but simple story - a group of survivors from a spaceship that crashed on a forbidden planet with 3 suns try to survive it's horrific, deadly night creatures. It also gave us a fantastic character named Richard P. Riddick, played by Vin Diesel, who was a convict and not a do-gooder or a framed ex-policeman or any other standard Sci-Fi hero you might get. In fact, Riddick was the quintessential anti-hero.